Celery-bunching device.



Patented Aug. I2, I902. L. DOPPELMAYR & M. WEBER.

CELEBY BUNCHING DEVICE.

(Application filed Apr. 22, 1901.)

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C E L ER Y-B UNCHING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,643, dated August12, 1902. Application filed April 22, 1901. Serial No. 56,843. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LOUIS DOPPELMAYR, residing at Valverde, and' MARTINWVEBER,

residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvementsin devices for bunching celery, ourobject being to facilitate, cheapen, and make easier the work ofbunching and tying celery and other articles; and to this endthe'invention consists of the features, arrangements", and combinationshereinafter described and claimed, all-of which will be fully understoodby reference to the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated anembodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top or plan view of our improvedcelery-bunching apparatus. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig.3 is a section taken on the line as, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section takenonthe line y y, Fig. 3, viewed in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 5 isa section taken on the lin a a, Fig. 3.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

Let the numeral 5 designate a bed-plate or platform, and 6 end supportstherefor. Upon this platform is adjustably secured a crossbar 7. To thisbar 7 is rigidly'attached an upright piece or standard 8 by means of anangle-plate 9. An upright piece 8 is adj ustably attached to this samecross barby means of a bolt 10 passing through a slot 7? formed in thebar 7 and to which a thumb-nut 12 is applied above the bar. As shown inthe drawings, an angle-plate 13 is made fast to the piece 8 and the bolt10 is passed through an opening formed in the. horizontal part of theangle-plate. By loosening ;the thumbnut the standard 8* and theangle-plate may opposite sides.

be moved out or in at pleasure on the bar 7. This cross-bar 7 isadjustably attached to the platform by passing bolts through openingsformedv in the bar and slots 21 in the platform, extending at rightangles to the cured to a rectangular piece 15, occupying an opening inthe platform of greater length than the piece 15, whereby the said pieceis allowed a limited degree of movement longitudinally, this movement,however, being sufficient for all practical purposes in the operation ofthe machine, as hereinafter explained.

To the cross-bar 14 is rigidly attached an upright part or standard 8 bypassing a bolt 16 through registering-openings formed in an angle-plate1'7 and the cross-bar, the angleplatebeing also made fast to the part 8.A standard 8 is adj ustably attached to the cross-bar 14 by passing abolt 18 through an opening formed in an angle-plate l9 and through aslot 14 formed in the bar, the angle-plate being secured to the part 8.

Pivotally connected with the under surface of the platform, as shown at23, is a handlever 24, which is connected with the movable part 15. Acoil-spring is connected with an end support of the platform at oneextremity and at the other extremity with the lever 24. A guide-strap 26is attached to the part 15 and overlaps the platform 5 on A similarstrap 27 is attached to the platform on opposite sides and passes underthe slidable part15. To one of the vertical edgesof the lever 24:. isattached a plate 24*, which projects a short distance above-the leverand is adapted to engage a ratchet-plate 28, attached to the adjacentedge of the platform. The lever is supported in operative relation withthe other parts by a metal strap 29, which is attached to the undersurface of the platform and is bent down to form a guide for the-lever,whose function is the adj ustment of the bar 14. and its attachments.

A vertically-swinging lever is fulcrumed may be passed.

on a bolt 31, passed through registering openings formed in a post 32and the lever. This post is slotted to receive the lever, and itsarmsare provided with a number of openings, whereby the fulcrum ,may beraised or lowered at will. To this lever is detachably applied a pieceof material 33, fiat on its under surface and adapted to engage thecelery from above between the upright pieces 8 and 8 on one side and thesimilar pieces 8 and 8 on the other side. As shown in the drawings, thepart 33 is connected with the leverv by means of a bolt 34., fastened bya thumbnut. It is evident from this construction that the piece 33 maybe changed at will for one of different size whenever circumstances mayrequire.

Mounted on the end of the platform, remote from the post 32, is a post35, provided with a vertical ratchet-plate 36, adapted to be engaged bya plate 37, attached to the top of the lever and overlapping it on theside adjacent the ratchet-plate for the purpose. The post 35 is providedwith a brace 35 located on the side opposite the lever. This lever isprovided with a weight 30*, which normally holds it in the raisedposition when released from engagement with the ratchet.

To facilitate the tying operation, the edge of the platform on one sideand the top of the platform on the opposite side are provided withscrew-eyes 40, through one of which on each side the tie-string 41 fromaball of twine The cross-pieces 7 and 14 are also provided with slots42, adapted to receive the bunching-twine.

When the apparatus is in use, the small bunches of celery (usually adozen) to be tied into a larger bunch, package, or bundle are placed onthe platform 5 across thesliding part 15 and between the standards 8 and8 on one side and the standards Sand 8. on the opposite side. The twostandards 8 and 8 may be adjusted on their respective crossbars tooccupy positions nearer the standards 8 and 8 or more remote therefrom,according to the length of the celery. The normal adjustment of the bar7 with reference to the bar 14 will depend upon the size of the bunchesof celery.

After the bunches of celery have been placed in position, as aforesaid,they are pressed tightly together from the side by the movement of thebar 14: and its uprights 8 and 8 toward the bar 7 and its uprights 8 and8 through the instrumentality of the lever 24, which when properlyadjusted is locked in place by the ratchet-plate 28. The celery bunchesare pressed tightly down from the top by the use of the lever and itsboard or plate 33, the lever 30 beinglocked in place when adjusted bythe ratchet The celery bunches being now securely held in place may bequickly tied into a package or large bunch, after which the levers 30and 24: are.

unlocked and the package of celery removed from the machine preparatoryto repeating the operation.

Having thus described our invention, what we claimis- I 1. In anapparatus of the class described, the combination of a platform having acentral opening, a slide located in said opening, a cross-bar attachedto the slide, standards attached to the cross-bar, a lever connectedwith the slide for adjusting the cross-bar, an-

other cross-bar attached to the platform,

standards attached to the cross-bar, and a vertically-swinging leveracting from above on the material embraced by the side standards.

2. The combination ofaplatform composed of two parts, one part beingmovable, cooperating side standards for embracing the materialplacedthereon, one set of standards being mounted on the movable part of theplatform, a lever for adjusting the movable platform part and itsstandards, and another lever arranged to act from above on the materialbetween the standards.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

LOUIS DOPPELMAYR. MARTIN WEBER. Witnesses:

DORA G. SHICK, MARY C. LAMB.

